Piece of furniture

ABSTRACT

The invention relates to a piece of furniture ( 1 ) comprising at least two drawers ( 2, 3, 4 ) which lie one above the other and which comprise similar front panels ( 5 ) that can be removably connected to lateral walls ( 6, 7 ) of the drawers ( 2, 3, 4 ) via furniture fittings ( 10, 20 ). The furniture fittings ( 10, 20 ) can be fixed in bores ( 51, 52 ) of the front panels ( 5 ) using fixing elements ( 8 ) which lie one above the other. Each furniture fitting ( 10, 20 ) has three fixing points ( 11, 12, 13, 21, 22, 23 ) for the fixing elements ( 8 ), each said furniture fitting ( 10, 20 ) being fixed to the front panel ( 5 ) at only two fixing points ( 11, 12, 13, 21, 22, 23 ) of the furniture fitting ( 10, 20 ) by means of the fixing elements ( 8 ) in order to determine a different height of the front panel ( 5 ) relative to the lateral wall ( 6, 7 ) of the drawer ( 2, 3, 4 ).

The invention relates to a piece of furniture including at least twodrawers lying one above the other having front panels of the same typethat can be removably connected using furniture fittings to lateralwalls of the drawers, wherein said the furniture fittings are fastenablevia fastening elements positioned one above the other in bores of saidfront panels.

The invention furthermore relates to an assembly kit for producing apiece of furniture.

Pieces of furniture including drawers lying one above the other andhaving front panels of the same type are known from the prior art. Aproblem found in such pieces of furniture is that the bottommost frontpanel of the bottommost drawer is not intended to be disposed in thesame position as the upper front panels of the upper drawers since thefront panel of the bottommost drawer is also intended to cover a base ofthe furniture body to attain an aesthetically appealing presentation.

It is the object of the invention to provide a piece of furniture thatis improved over that of the prior art.

This object is solved by the features of claim 1 and by the features ofclaim 5.

Since each furniture fitting includes three fastening locations for thefastening elements with which—in order to set a different height of thefront panel relative to the lateral wall of the drawer—the fastening ofthe furniture fitting is effected via the fastening elements to eachfront panel at only two fastening locations of the furniture fitting, orsince each of the front panels includes three bore holds per furniturefitting for the fastening elements and—in order to set a differentheight of the front panel relative to the lateral wall of the drawer—thefurniture fitting is fastened to the front panel via the fasteningelements at only two bores of each front panel, a piece of furniture canbe created that, by using front panels of exactly the same type andentirely identical furniture fittings for attaching the front panels tothe lateral walls of the drawers, different heights of the front panelsrelative to the lateral walls of the drawers can be achieved.Accordingly, when front panels of the same type are used, drawers canalso be built, the front panels of which can both extend furtherdownward, i.e. toward below the drawer, and drawers can also be createdwherein the front panels can also be positioned higher.

This makes assembly easier especially for laypersons since a mix-up ofthe front panels upon assembly, as would have been the case had thefront panels been configured differently, is no longer possible. Uponassembling the piece of furniture, only the fastening locations of thefurniture fitting or of the bores of the front panel need beappropriately chosen to attain a different height of the front panelrelative to the lateral wall of the drawer.

Additional advantageous embodiments of the invention are defined in thedependent claims.

It has been found to be particularly advantageous if, for setting afirst height of the front panel relative to the lateral wall of thedrawer, the fastening elements can be connected to the upper two of thethree fastening locations, and furthermore for setting a second heightof the front panel relative to the lateral wall of the drawer, thefastening elements can be connected to the lower two of the threefastening locations, and finally that in both heights, the fasteningelements can respectively be fastened at the same two bores of the frontpanel. Through a appropriate selection of the upper or of the lowerfastening locations of the furniture fittings, an offset of the frontpanel relative to the lateral walls of the drawer can thus be achieved,wherein only the same bores of the front panels are always used.

According to another preferred embodiment, it can be provided that forsetting a first height of the front panel relative to the lateral wallof the drawer, the fastening elements are fastenable to the upper two ofthe three bores and that for setting a second height of the front panelrelative to the lateral wall of the drawer, the fastening elements arefastenable to the lower two of the three bores, and that in bothheights, the fastening elements can be respectively connected to thesame two fastening locations of the furniture fitting. Thus, a verticaloffset of the front panel relative to the lateral walls of the drawerscan be achieved solely by selecting the corresponding bore holds of thefront panel, wherein the fastening can always be effected using the samefastening locations of the furniture fitting.

It can furthermore be advantageously provided that the piece offurniture has at least one drawer including a front panel in the firstheight relative to the lateral wall of the drawer and that the piece offurniture has at least one drawer including a front panel in the secondheight relative to the lateral wall of the drawer. It is therebypossible for a front panel to cover the end side of a base of thefurniture body without a separate front panel being needed.

It can be regarded as particularly advantageous that the bottom drawerof the piece of furniture has a front panel that is designed to bedisposed lower relative to the lateral wall of the drawer and moreoverthat all other drawers have a front panel that is designed to bedisposed higher relative to the lateral walls of the drawers. A piece offurniture can thus be created that has a plurality of drawers havingidentical front panels that are disposed at the same height relative tothe lateral walls of the drawer and that this piece of furnituremoreover has a drawer the front panel of which is disposed lowerrelative to the lateral walls of the drawer, whereby an end side of abase of a furniture body can be covered, thereby attaining anaesthetically pleasing piece of furniture.

It can moreover be regarded as favourable that the furniture fittingsare configured to be premountable to the front panels and that thelateral walls of the drawers respectively include a mounting fixture fordetachable mounting of the furniture fittings. This configuration cancontribute to simplified assembly as well as disassembly of the piece offurniture.

Protection is also being sought for an assembly kit for manufacturing apiece of furniture according to at least one of the above-describedembodiments having at least two left-hand and right-hand lateral wallsof at least two drawers, at least two front panels, at least fourfurniture fittings, and at least eight fastening elements.

Further details and advantages of the present invention will beexplained in greater detail in the following using the description ofthe figures with reference to the exemplary embodiments depicted in thedrawings:

FIG. 1 shows a perspective view of a piece of furniture having threedrawers,

FIG. 2 shows a side view of a piece of furniture having three drawers,

FIG. 3 shows an additional side view of a piece of furniture havingthree drawers,

FIG. 4 shows a side view of a further piece of furniture having twodrawers,

FIG. 5 a shows a perspective view of a part of a front panel includingtwo furniture fittings at a first height,

FIG. 5 b shows a perspective view of a front panel including twofurniture fittings at a second height,

FIGS. 6 a and 6 b show two perspective views of two furniture fittingsand their fastening elements,

FIGS. 7 a and 7 b show two perspective views of a furniture fitting andfastening elements disposed therein for assembly at a first height,

FIGS. 7 c and 7 d show two perspective views of the furniture fitting asin FIGS. 7 a and 7 b for assembly at a second height,

FIGS. 8 a and 8 b show two perspective views of a furniture fittingincluding fastening elements for assembly at a first height,

FIGS. 8 c and 8 d show two perspective views of the furniture fitting asin FIGS. 8 a and 8 b for assembly at a second height,

FIG. 9 shows a side view of a piece of furniture having three drawersdisposed therein.

FIG. 1 shows a perspective view of a piece of furniture 1 having threedrawers 2, 3, and 4. Each of the drawers 2, 3, and 4 has two lateralwalls 6 and 7. A front panel 5 is fastened to the lateral walls 6 and 7of each of the drawers 2, 3, and 4.

An entirely identical front panel 5 is used for all three of the drawers2, 3, and 4.

Said drawers 2, 3, and 4 are supported in the furniture body 90 of thepiece of furniture 1. The furniture body 90 has on its top an end side91 and end sides 93 on its lateral walls. The base of the furniture body90 is located beneath the bottom drawer 4 likewise having an end side92.

To create an aesthetically pleasing piece of furniture 1, the frontpanel 5 covers the top drawer 2 when in a closed state and also coversthe lateral walls 93 of the furniture body as well as the top of thefurniture body or the end side 91 of the top of the furniture body.

The front panel 5 of the centre drawer 3 covers the end sides 93 of thelateral walls of the furniture body while the bottom drawer 4, moreprecisely the front panel 5 thereof, when said drawer 4 is in a closedstate covers both the end sides 93 of the lateral walls of the furniturebody and the end side 92 of the base of the furniture body. Thus, whenall three drawers 2, 3, and 4 are in a closed state, the end side of thefurniture body 90 is not visible.

FIG. 2 shows the side view of a piece of furniture 1 including afurniture body 90 and drawers 2, 3, and 4 disposed therein, wherein thefront panels 5 are shown in sectional representation.

The lateral walls 6 and 7 of the drawers (6 not shown) are eachconnected to the front panels 5 via the furniture fittings 10 and 20 notshown here (see FIG. 3).

Said connection is produced here via the fastening elements 8, which areintroduced into the bores 51 and 52 in the front panels.

As can be clearly seen in FIG. 2, the front panel 5 of the top drawer 2extends up to the upper edge of the furniture body 90, whereby the endside 91 of the top of the furniture body is covered when said drawer 2is in a closed state. The same is true with drawer 4, wherein when saiddrawer 4 is in a closed state, the front panel 5 thereof covers the endside 92 of the base of the furniture body. This is not achieved bydifferently configured front panels 5 but rather by the front panels 5being positioned on the lateral walls 6 and 7 of the drawers at adifferent height thereto.

FIG. 3 shows a side view of a piece of furniture 1, just as is shown inFIG. 2, yet with the difference that the coverings of the lateral walls7 of both lower drawers 3 and 4 have been removed.

In this view, the upper furniture fittings 10 and the lower furniturefittings 20 of the drawers 3 and 4 are now visible, which fittings werefastened to the bores 51 and 52 via the fastening elements 8 (for thesake of clarity, not shown in this FIG. 3; see FIG. 2).

With regard to drawer 3, the furniture fittings 10 and 20, respectivelyincluding both of the two upper fastening locations thereof, arefastened to the front panel 5. In contrast with regard to the bottomdrawer 4, the furniture fittings 10 and 20, respectively including bothof the two bottom fastening locations thereof, are fastened to the frontpanel 5, whereby an offset of the front panel 5 is achieved relative tothe lateral wall 7 of the drawer 4, thereby making it possible for thefront panel 5 when in a closed state to cover the end side 92 of thebase of the furniture body.

FIG. 4 shows a detail view of a side view of an additional piece offurniture 1 including a furniture body 90 and only two drawers 3 and 4.

In this exemplary embodiment, the front panel 5 of the top drawer 3 inturn covers the end side 91 of the top of the furniture body when thedrawer 3 is in a closed state, and the front panel 5 of the drawer 4when said drawer 4 is in a closed state also covers the end side 92 ofthe base of the furniture body. The bores 51 and 52 are entirelyidentical in both of the front panels 5.

The different covering of the end sides of the furniture body 90 isexclusively achieved by an attaching of the front panels 5 at differentheights relative to the lateral walls 7 of the drawers 3 and 4. Thisoffset is in turn solely achieved in that the furniture fittings 10 and20 are fitted at different heights relative to the front panel 5.

The receiving fixture 9 in the lateral walls 6 and 7 is also easilyrecognisable in FIG. 4, which receiving fixture makes it possible forthe lateral walls 6 and 7 of the drawers 3 and 4 to detachably receivethe furniture fittings 10 and 20. The furniture fittings 10 and 20 canthereby already be pre-mounted on the front panels 5 prior to the frontpanels 5 being joined to the lateral walls 6 and 7 of the drawers 2, 3,and 4 (see FIGS. 5 a and 5 b).

A piece of furniture 1 is thus concerned including at least two drawers3 and 4 lying one above the other having front panels 5 of the same typethat can be detachably connected to the lateral walls 6 and 7 of thedrawers 3 and 4 via furniture fittings 10 and 20, wherein said furniturefittings 10 and 20 are fastenable via fastening elements 8 in bores 51and 52 of the front panels 5, wherein each furniture fitting 10 and 20has three fastening locations 11, 12, and 13 or 21, 22 and 23 (notshown; see FIGS. 7 a to 7 d and FIGS. 8 a to 8 d) for the fasteningelements 8 with which the fastening of the furniture fitting 10 and 20to the front panel 5 via the fastening elements 8 can be respectivelyeffected at only two fastening locations 11, 12 and 13 or 21, 22, and 23of the furniture fitting 10 and 20 in order to set a different height ofthe front panel 5 relative to the lateral wall 6 and 7 of the drawer 3and 4.

The front panels 5 have, per furniture fitting 10 and 20, two bores 51and 52, one located above the other, for receiving the fasteningelements 8. The three fastening locations 11, 12, and 13 or 21, 22, and23 of the furniture fittings 10 and 20 are configured one above theother.

For setting a first height of the front panel 5 relative to lateralwalls 6 and 7 of drawer 3, the fastening elements 8 can be connected tothe upper two of the three fastening locations, and to set a secondheight of the front panel 5 relative to lateral walls 6 and 7 of thedrawer 4, the fastening elements 8 can be connected to the lower two ofthe three fastening locations; the fastening elements 8 at both heightscan furthermore be respectively fastened at the same two bores 51 and 52of the front panel 5.

Thus, the piece of furniture 1 has at least one drawer 3 including afront panel 5 at a first height relative to lateral walls 6 and 7 of thedrawer 3, and the piece of furniture 1 has a drawer 4 including a frontpanel 5 at a second height relative to lateral walls 6 and 7 of drawer4.

As shown in FIGS. 1 through 3, the piece of furniture 1 is such that thebottom drawer 4 of the piece of furniture 1 has a front panel 5 that isconfigured lower relative to lateral walls 6 and 7 of drawer 4 and thatall other drawers 2 and 3 have a front panel 5 that is configured higherrelative to lateral walls 6 and 7 of drawers 2 and 3.

FIGS. 5 a and 5 b show both different fastening positions of bothfurniture fittings 10 and 20 on the front panel 4 using the same bores51 and 52 of the front panel 5 via fastening elements 8.

FIG. 5 a shows how both furniture fittings 10 and 20 have been connectedto the front panel 5 via both of their top fastening locations, wherebyin an assembly situation not shown here, the front panel 5 would projectfarther up the lateral wall of the drawer, thereby making it possiblefor the end side to cover a top of the furniture body.

Or alternatively as FIG. 5 b shows, both of the furniture fittings 10and 20 including the lower fastening locations thereof can likewise beattached in the front panel 5, specifically in bores 51 and 52 thereof,thereby offsetting the front panel 5 downward, and thereby allowing thefront panel to cover the end side of a base of a furniture body. Itshould be noted once again that an identical front panel 5 is concerned,preventing any confusion upon assembly.

The fastening elements 8 can be introduced into the openings in thefurniture fittings 10 and 20 and are fastenable in the bores 51 and 52of the front panels 5 (see description of FIGS. 7 and 8 with regard tothe openings).

FIG. 6 a shows a perspective view of the top furniture fitting 10. Saidfurniture fitting 10 has three fastening locations 11, 12, and 13,wherein in this view only fastening location 13 is visible, while theother two fastening locations 11 and 12 can be seen in FIGS. 7 b and 7d. In this preferred exemplary embodiment, the fastening elements 8 areformed as screws 80 with which the furniture fitting 10 are fastenableto the front panel 5 not shown here.

FIG. 6 b shows a perspective view of the bottom furniture fitting 20with its three fastening locations 21, 22, and 23. Here, too, thefastening elements 8 are configured as screws 80.

FIGS. 7 a and 7 d show different perspective views of the top furniturefitting 10 and the fastening locations 11, 12, and 13 thereof.

To fasten the furniture fitting 10 to the front panel 5 not shown here,the fastening elements 8 positioned one above the other are introducedinto the two lower fastening locations 12 and 13, which are formed asopenings, in order to arrange the furniture fitting 10 at a higherposition on the front panel 5 (as shown in FIGS. 7 a and 7 b).

In the representations of FIGS. 7 c and 7 d, both fastening elements 8positioned one above the other are disposed in both of the upperopenings 11 and 12 in order to arrange the furniture fitting 10 in alower position on the front panel 5.

It is thus possible to set the height at which the furniture fitting 10is disposed on the front panel 5 solely via the selection of fasteninglocations 11, 12, and 13 positioned one above the other.

FIGS. 8 a and 8 b show different perspective views of the secondfurniture fitting 20 and the fastening elements 8 disposed therein.

FIGS. 8 a and 8 b show the attaching of the fastening elements 8positioned one above the other to the two lower fastening locations 22and 23 of the furniture fitting 20; FIGS. 8 c and 8 d show the attachingof the fastening elements 8 positioned one above the other to the twoupper fastening locations 21 and 22 of the furniture fitting 20.

The relative height of the furniture fitting 20 to the front panel 5 notshown here can be set by selecting the corresponding fasteninglocations.

As can be seen in FIGS. 7 and 8, the fastening locations 11, 12, 13, 21,22, and 23 in this preferred exemplary embodiment are configured asopenings. It can likewise be easily recognised in these figures that thefastening elements 8 can be introduced into the openings of thefurniture fittings 10 and 20 and subsequently—not shown—, fastened inthe bores 51, 52, and 53 of the front panel 5.

FIG. 9 shows a variation of a piece of furniture 1 in which thefastening of a front panel 5 is effected at different heights relativeto the lateral walls 6 and 7 of the drawers (6 is not shown here). It isthereby possible in turn for the front panel 5 of the top drawer 2 tocover the end side of the top of the furniture body 91 when the drawer 2is in a closed state and likewise for the front panel 5 of bottom drawer4 to cover the end side of the base of the furniture body 92 when thedrawer 4 is in a closed state.

Unlike in the previous exemplary embodiments, this is not achieved inthis exemplary embodiment with three different fastening locations onthe furniture fitting, but rather with three bores 51, 52, and 53 in thefront panel 5, wherein only two of said three bores 51, 52, and 53 areused for the furniture fitting.

A piece of furniture 1 is thus obtained including at least two drawerslying one above the other—in this embodiment three drawers 2, 3, and 4lying one above the other—having front panels 5 of the same type thatcan be detachably connected via furniture fittings 10 and 20 (not shown)to the lateral walls 6 and 7 of the drawers 2, 3, and 4, wherein thefurniture fittings 10 and 20 are fastenable with fastening elements 8 inbores 51, 52, and 53 of the front panels 5, wherein the front panels 5respectively have, per furniture fitting 10 and 20, three bores 51, 52,and 53 for said fastening elements 8, using which bores 51, 52, and 53the fastening of each furniture fitting 10 and 20 to the front panel 5via the fastening elements 8 is effected at only two bores 51, 52, or 53of the front panel 5 in order to set a different height of the frontpanel 5 relative to lateral walls 6 and 7 of drawers 2, 3, and 4. Forreasons of clarity, the furniture fittings 10 and 20 are not shown inthis FIG. 9, but are found in the same locations as in the other piecesof furniture 1 shown.

The front panels 5 respectively have in this preferred exemplaryembodiment three bores 51, 52, and 53 per furniture fitting 10 and 20,which bores 51, 52, and 53 are positioned one above the other.

Owing to the configuration of three bores 51, 52, and 53, now only onefurniture fitting 10 or 20 is required which furthermore has only twofastening locations 11 and 12 or 21 and 22 (not shown). For setting afirst height of the front panel 5 relative to lateral walls 6 and 7 ofdrawer 4, the fastening elements 8 are fastenable at the upper two bores51 and 52; for setting a second height of the front panel 5 relative tolateral walls 6 and 7 of drawers 2 and 3, the fastening elements 8 arefastenable at the lower two bores 52 and 53. The fastening elements 8can be respectively connected at the same two fastening locations of thefurniture fittings 10 and 20 at both heights.

It is especially preferred to provide an assembly kit for manufacturinga piece of furniture having at least two left-hand and right-handlateral walls 6 and 7 of at least two drawers 3 and 4 and of at leasttwo front panels 5 and moreover at least four furniture fittings 20 andat least eight fastening elements 8.

With regard to the piece of furniture 1 as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, it isalways assumed that the furniture fittings 10 and 20 have threefastening locations and each of the front panels 5 has two borescorresponding thereto. It is evident to a person skilled in the art thatthis limitation of the number of fastening elements and of bores is notin fact limited to this number. It is likewise also conceivable that thefurniture fitting can also have a different number of fasteninglocations and the same applies to the front panels. It is of import onlythat the furniture fitting have one more fastening location than thefront panels have bores.

The exemplary embodiment of FIG. 9 is similar in that it is only ofconcern that the front panel have one more bore than the furniturefitting has fastening locations.

In all exemplary embodiments, the fastening locations of the furniturefittings 10 and 20 are spaced equidistant to each other. Each of thebores of the front panels is likewise spaced equidistant from theothers.

1. A piece of furniture having at least two drawers lying one above theother, which drawers have front panels of the same type, that can bedetachably connected to lateral walls of the drawers via furniturefittings, wherein the furniture fittings are fastenable in bores of thefront panels via fastening elements positioned one above the other,wherein each furniture fitting has three fastening locations for thefastening elements with which fastening locations each furniture fittingis fastened to the front panels via fastening elements at only twofastening locations of the furniture fitting in order to set a differentheight of the front panels relative to the lateral wall of the drawer.2. The piece of furniture according to claim 1, wherein per furniturefitting, the front panels have two bores, which are positioned one abovethe other, for receiving the fastening elements.
 3. The piece offurniture according to claim 1, wherein the three fastening locations ofthe furniture fitting are positioned one above the other.
 4. The pieceof furniture according to claim 3, wherein for setting a first height ofthe front panel relative to the lateral wall of the drawer, thefastening elements can be connected to both of the upper two of thethree fastening locations and in that for setting a second height of thefront panel relative to the lateral wall of the drawer, the fasteningelements can be connected to both of the lower two of the threefastening locations and in that the fastening elements at both heightscan respectively be fastened at the same two bores of the front panel.5. A piece of furniture having at least two drawers lying one above theother, which drawers have front panels of the same type that can bedetachably connected to lateral walls of the drawers via furniturefittings, wherein the furniture fittings are fastenable at bores of thefront panels via fastening elements positioned one above the other,wherein each of the front panels has for the fastening elements threebores per furniture fitting, using which bores each furniture fitting isfastened to the front panels via the fastening elements at only twobores of the front panel for setting a different height of the frontpanel relative to the lateral wall of the drawer.
 6. The piece offurniture according to claim 5, wherein the three bores per furniturefitting are positioned one above the other in the front panel.
 7. Thepiece of furniture according to claim 5, wherein each of the furniturefittings has two fastening locations positioned one above the other forreceiving the fastening elements.
 8. The piece of furniture according toclaim 7, wherein the fastening elements are fastenable in the upper twoof the three bores for setting a first height of the front panelrelative to the lateral wall of the drawer and in that the fasteningelements are fastenable in the lower two of the three bores for settinga second height of the front panel relative to the lateral wall of thedrawer, and in that the fastening elements at both heights can each beconnected to the same two fastening locations of the furniture fitting.9. The piece of furniture according to claim 1, wherein the piece offurniture has at least one drawer including a front panel at the firstheight relative to the lateral wall of the drawer and in that the pieceof furniture has at least one drawer including a front panel at thesecond height relative to the lateral wall of the drawer.
 10. The pieceof furniture according to claim 9, wherein the bottom drawer (4) of thepiece of furniture has a front panel that is configured lower relativeto the lateral wall of the drawer and in that all of the other drawershave a front panel that is configured higher relative to the lateralwalls of the drawers.
 11. The piece of furniture according to claim 1,wherein the furniture fittings are formed premountable on the frontpanels and in that each of the lateral walls of the drawers has areceiving fixture for detachable receiving of the furniture fittings.12. The piece of furniture according to claim 1, wherein the fasteningelements are formed as screws or dowels.
 13. The piece of furnitureaccording to the—preferably three—fastening locations of the furniturefittings are formed as openings.
 14. The piece of furniture according toclaim 13, wherein the fastening elements can be introduced into theopenings of the furniture fittings and are fastenable in the bores ofthe front panels.
 15. An assembly kit for manufacturing a piece offurniture according to claim 1, including: at least two left-hand andright-hand lateral walls of at least two drawers, at least two frontpanels, at least four furniture fittings, and at least eight fasteningelements.